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Conditional Cash Transfers and Health

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Abstract

For the past two and a half decades, many develo** countries have experienced greater economic and institutional stability that has allowed them to develop comprehensive social programs to reduce poverty and inequality. In this context, conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have grown worldwide from just two in the 1990s to more than 100 that now cover millions of people in need. The goal is to provide income support to the poor by incentivizing households to build human capital and eventually become self-sufficient. In this chapter, we have reviewed CCT programs with a focus on health while paying special attention to the supply side of healthcare services, as the success of demand-side interventions such as CCT programs often depends on the supply of adequate and high-quality institutional services. The chapter also includes a discussion on the importance of health conditions to overcome poverty and how CCT programs have affected the supply and demand for healthcare services in develo** countries. Finally, we have reviewed many of the studies on the effects of these programs on different health outcomes to assess the effectiveness of CCT programs.

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The authors are very grateful to Dr. Klaus Zimmermann, editor of the handbook, and Dr. Kompal Sinha, editor of the health section, for the invitation to contribute to this collection. The authors would also like to thank Luis A. Alvarez and Luis D. Rosales for their invaluable research assistance. All remaining errors are ours. The financial support of the Research Center at Universidad del Pacífico (CIUP) is gratefully acknowledge. There is no conflict of interest.

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Guerrero, N., Molina, O., Winkelried, D. (2023). Conditional Cash Transfers and Health. In: Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_381-1

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